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Deciphering Lost Scripts and Symbols
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Ancient writing style that reverses direction each line
  • 2. Symbols conveying meaning, carved or inscribed
  • 3. Wedge-shaped script used by Sumerians and Akkadians
  • 7. Interpretation of symbolic images and motifs
  • 8. Hidden messages spelled by initial letters
  • 11. Late Egyptian script simplifying hieroglyphic forms
  • 12. Obscure Mesoamerican script elusive to scholars
  • 13. Cursive Egyptian script devout scribes preferred
Down
  • 4. Discipline analyzing ancient handwriting and manuscripts
  • 5. Secretive cipher used by cryptic ancient scribes
  • 6. Study of inscriptions carved in ancient stone
  • 9. Elemental cipher embedded in cryptic ancient text
  • 10. Mythical script hidden within labyrinthine puzzles
  • 14. Ancient writing materials or literary artifacts
  • 15. Subtle transmission of knowledge through cryptic codes

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